Safety-suit for aviators.



A. RODAL.

'SAFE/TY SUIT FOR AVIATORS. APPLlcATmN FILED 111115 8.1911.

Petented 11eb.19,1918.

gemme IIMAYVW UGUSTO .RODI-3L, GE' HABA-NA. CUBijfl..

SAFETY-SUIT FOR AVATORS.

Application filed .Tune l. i917'.

' 'i fria citizen olf the lteiiublic Cuba, residir at @alle Marina l2, Habana, Cuba, have in renied certain new and useful improvements in Safety-Suits for Aviator-s, of which. the following is a specification..

"l" is invention relates to aviatorls safety suits, particularly to such suits which intended to protect the aviator against i fatal results ot' a fall and te preserve lil life. l

`With this end in view, a suitable hose or the like, containing compressed air, is guided in serpentine convolutions around the body and the head of an aviator.

In the 'accompanying drawing, a suit accoi-ding to the present invention is shovn in front view in' place upon an ayiaterls body and head.

The suit rests upon the shoulders as shown at 3 and is spaced a material distance from the top of the head, the suit being open 'zo/"iowa, t may conocen: it known that l, AUGUSTO llenar.,

at the bottom or lower end So that the avi-` ator can .easily slip into it similar to the mannerin which a sleeveless knitted sweater or similai garment is put on. Below the part 3 the suitl extends downwardly to a point below the hips, as shown.

There are no openings in the garment except those at the bottom, those for the arms, and the one for the face 0f the wearer.

rlhis simple device is made of a light elastie fabric, flexible and durable, indicated at 6, and which extends from the head part on top te a point beyond the hip ot wearer, constituting thereby a sleeveless and trouserless garment, similar t0 sweaters as l' frequently worn for athletic purposes. @ver said fabric a rubber tube is wound forming a. casing which is light and flexible and Oilers a great resistance consisting of convo lutions of two inches in diameter over the entire length extending in the form of a spiral as described and having the shape and t'orin as illustrated in the figure in the accompanying drawing.

By means of an ail` pump which is attached to the valve nipple 5 provided at a convenient place, compressed air is pumped into the conrolutions of the suit of such aforee as to make the suit capable of resisting and taking up the force of all shocks and crushing` forces to which an aviator may be subjected when the 'flying machine stops and Speeiicatlon of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 1222,569.

falls to the greui'ul. Thus an aviator only sustain miner inguries as, for in breaking' an arm or leg Awhich noaa@ easily healed, ha; li

'ual' o ln the upper inner terial space is hat or prey v the fibrous fabric and the T iis structure compris' ber tubing spaced thereii piece el the garment con ff ingr the upper portion ,greatly increasingA the j the protecting structure guard the life of au avia him against being killed, t f' vided at its upper l f" of the size oi' the l by rounded hurl bei; tube, and| tu@ n ders l are prorided for the ar borders, although ot a larger size and .vidth, are provided at the hins t i, i. oicated l" 8, and a means of al l arrai'iged as indicated at 7 i tening ol the suit` with 5l. suit has a weight `which inconvenience the wearer and its Aflexibility permits it to he folded a, i. A yeniently stored hidden when it is not in use. It is very easily handled for th 52,

the described de vice protects an aviatorT al against death by drowning it he Should ill inte the sea, as the compu sed air within the con'rolutions or coils will keep the aviator afloat and will preveiit liiin from sinking.

lt will be understood that the device is subject. to manyv inosliiicaions, 'lor i the diameter of the rubber tube ma changed and reduced and corre-spuntini,1' also, the dimensions of the suit. i

This suit may also be advantageously uafd by automobiliste or sailors, in short, by all persons Who are in danger from shocks and `eontusions or similar accidental consequences garment; comprising a trunl portion and av head portion, both of these portions being surrounded by infiatable tubing arranged in coils surrounding the trunk and 'head of the wearer, out free of engagement with the arms and legs of the wearer.

Leeeee 2. A sieeveiess and trouseriess sweater-iik@ garment, comprisingl a trunk portion and a head portion, both of these portions being surrounded by inflatable tubing arranged in eoiis surrounding the trunk and head of 'the wearer, but free of engagement with the arms and legs of the wearer, said coils boing placed in Close juxtaposition to each other and extending substantiaiiy in transverse direction around the body of wearer,

AUGUSTO RODAL. 

